Dirigible headlight



M'. A. TUCKER.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED MAI/I9. |919.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

fave/Zion' Mfzaiden UNITED STATES yPATENT OFFICE.

MAT A. TUCKER, MOORE, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO CHAS. L.

TUCKER, OF MOORE, OKLAHOMA.-

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7,' 1920.

Application led May 19, 1919. Serial No. 298,042.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MAT A. TUCKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moore, in the county of Cleveland and btate of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dirigible Headlights; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to.

Fig. 3, a similar view of the operating mechanism support, and Fig. 4 a top` plan view of the controlling mechanism.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to designate corresponding parts in the several views. A indicates an automobile on which my improved headlight is shown to be installed.

The lamp support consists of a housing 1 secured by means of shackles 2 to the side beam B of the frame'of the autom0bile,'and having an integral upright tubular extension 3. The lamp t is mounted in U-shaped bracket 5 on the upper end of vertical shaft 6 journaled in tubular extension 3, the lowerV end of said shaft having a beveled gear pinion 7 secured thereto.

The operating mechanism is mounted 1n a support that is constructed similarly to the,

support for the lamp with a housing 8 se'- cured by shackles 9 to side beam XIS and having an integral upright tubular exten-.-

1l indicates a shaft journaled in sion 10. said tubular extension and having an'operating lever 12 pivotallyfmountedthereon to act-nate said shaft, 13 indicating a' beveled pinion secured to the lower endy of the shaft.

Vtherefrom straight forward. rIhe lower ends of shafts 6 andill are'supported in recesses 17 in base plates 18 secured under housings l and 8.:

U19-indicates a horizontal shaft connecting housings 1 and8 and journaled in the walls thereof, and 2() and 21 beveled pinions secured tosaid shaft and meshing with pinions 7 and 13 respectively.

It will be understood that when the device is in such a position that lever 12 rests between lugs 16 on plate l5 the lamps rays will shine directly to the front. l/Vhen it is desired to direct the rays to the right or left the lever 12 willbe lifted from engagement with lugs 16 and moved in the direction corresponding .with the desired direction of the lamps rays and the lamp Will be rotated by means of shafts 6, 11 and 19 and the beveled pinions secured thereto.

.Having thus described my invention what I yclaim is In a dirigible headlight, housings secured to the frame of an automobile, a base plate located beneath each housing, a tubular eX- tension mounted on each housing and extending vertically upward, a shaft journaled in each housing and having a pointed lower end seatedl in a recess in the base plate aforesaid, one of said shafts being formed to receive and supporta lamp, an operating handle secured to the other shaft, a horizontal shaft connecting said housings `and journaled in their walls, a beveled gear wheel secured on each end of said horizontal MAT' VA. TUCKER.

1 Witnesses:

J. M. REED, F. Gr. BABE.

shaft within the housing, and a beveled gear wheel on each vertical shaft and meshing 

